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| Original Title: | Breathing Underwater |
| ISBN: | 0064472574 (ISBN13: 9780064472579) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Breathing Underwater #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Georgia Peach Book Award Nominee for Honor book (2004), South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult Book Award (2004), Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award for High School (2004), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2002), Lincoln Award Nominee (2005) Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee (2004) |
Alex Flinn
Paperback | Pages: 263 pages Rating: 3.9 | 7789 Users | 1040 Reviews
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| Title | : | Breathing Underwater (Breathing Underwater #1) |
| Author | : | Alex Flinn |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 263 pages |
| Published | : | May 7th 2019 by HarperTeen (first published April 24th 2001) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult |
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Like father, like son.Intelligent, popular, handsome, and wealthy, sixteen-year-old Nick Andreas is pretty much perfect--on the outside, at least. What no one knows--not even his best friend--is the terror that Nick faces every time he is alone with his father. Then he and Caitlin fall in love, and Nick thinks his problems are over. Caitlin is the one person who he can confide in. But when things start to spiral out of control, Nick must face the fact that he's gotten more from his father than green eyes and money.
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Ratings: 3.9 From 7789 Users | 1040 ReviewsCritique Appertaining To Books Breathing Underwater (Breathing Underwater #1)
In this extraordinary novel by Alex Flinn, we experience a violent teen relationship from the point of view of the boy who beats his girlfriend. Nick is everyones friend and seemingly has a perfect life. What his friends dont know is that his father is abusive. Before he knows it, Nick finds himself following in his dads footsteps as he becomes both verbally and physically abusive to his girlfriend Caitlin. When Caitlins parents file a restraining order against him, Nick is forced into a familyAnother book from my library's display for Teen Dating Violence Awareness month. This one was different, in that it was told from the perspective of the abuser. In past books, I've had trouble reading a story told from the "bad guy's" point of view, but in this one I found myself sympathizing with him at certain times.I like how the story is told through a journal writing exercise and how Nick ends up understanding more about himself and his life through the exercise. I really enjoyed the
Cassi Davila12/13Breathing UnderwaterAlex Flinn263 pgs.Sep. 6,200910Nick Andreas was a confused young man. I believe he really loved Caitlin, and that he changed and was willing to love again. But I do believe Caitlin had every right to make the decision to not trust him again. I wouldn't. She was hurt and Nick did everything in his power to make her feel inferior to him. That makes me furious as a young woman reading this book, but by the end of the book i feel sympathetic towards him because
3.5 StarsEver feel like youre breathing underwater, and you have to stop because youre gulping in too much fluid?Reading a book from the point of view of an abusive guy is not something I ever thought I would do. Because there's no justification for inflicting pain voluntarily over a person, however much you may have suffered. That's not what this book is about. It is not a justification.It's a window. To his thoughts, why he does what he does. And I have to say, I never really thought of it
It makes me sad that a book about teenage violence has become required reading for all freshman at North High,(where my kids attend). On the other hand, I'm glad that someone took the time to write a book about such a serious and much needed topic. I'm sure that the author wrote it thinking that if she could make a difference in even one person's life it would be well worth it. I feel that if the reading of this book is accompanied with a great deal of classroom discussion it could prove to be
I know if I don't try to type out my feelings now, I will lose what I am thinking/feeling.I don't want to say that I didn't like the book, but I have very few good things to say about it. Yes, it captured my interest and I read it quickly. I wasn't ever bored and anxiously waited to see how it ended. There were so many things that I didn't like though.1. I don't like books that are written for YA that try to "capture" what it is really like in high school. I don't want my kids reading those kind
Well that was a different perspective on the typical controlling boyfriend novel. Interesting to see it from his view, knowing he went too far, figuring out that he does want to change and how to do it when he recognizes the behavior. Gives me hope, but there are just so many bad actors out there. It's so easy to read the signs in this book, but they're so hard to see in the midst of a relationship. Hopefully this would be a helpful read for those on the other side of this situation, since we so
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